API HTML

Convert any API Specification into an awesome HTML documentation website

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Installation

npm i api-html -g

Usage

api-html --url https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json

Demo

The above command will convert the given url into a static website in the current directory with the name of dist directory.

There is also a possibility to pass a file instead of url.

Params

| Param | Short | Required | Default Value | Details | |---|---|---|---|---| |--file| -f | required | null | Path to a local source file, --file or --url on is required at same time. |--url| -u | required | null | URL to an online source file, --file or --url on is required at same time. |--type| -t | optional | swagger | Encoded type of the API specification, like swagger, openapi, api_blueprint, io_docs, google, raml or wadl |--version| -v | optional | 2 | Version of the OpenAPI (swagger), possible values are 1, 2 or 3. Only applicable to swagger |--yaml| -y | optional | 0 | If the source file type is yaml then the value should be 1, only applicable to swagger |--option| -o | optional | ./options.json | Path to the options file, see the details below

Example

  api-html --yaml 1 --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/master/examples/v2.0/yaml/api-with-examples.yaml
  # A Swagger (OpenAPI) version 2 source file with yaml type

  api-html --version 3 --url https://api.gettyimages.com/swagger/v3/swagger.json
  # A Swagger (OpenAPI) version 3 source file with json type

  api-html --version 3 --yaml 1 --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/master/examples/v3.0/petstore-expanded.yaml
  # A Swagger (OpenAPI) version 3 source file with yaml type

  api-html --type api_blueprint --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/master/examples/Polls%20API.md
  # An API Blueprint source file

  api-html --type google --url https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/translate/v2/rest
  # A Google API descory source file

  api-html --type raml --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raml-apis/XKCD/master/api.raml
  # A RAML source file

  api-html --type io_docs --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucybot/api-spec-converter/master/test/input/io_docs/foursquare.json
  # An IO Docs source file

Options (options.json)

The options should be in a json file, If you don't pass the --option parameter then we will check in the current directory with the name of options.json.

| Name | Default Value | Description | |---|---|---|---| |navTopTitle| PATHS NAVIGATION | Set the title of top navigation |customHeadScript| '' | Add custom script to the head tag |customFootScript| '' | Add custom script to the foot tag |isBackToTopButton| true | Hide or show the BackToTop button |logo| 'swagger-logo' | Point a logo to a local file |logoUrl| '' | Point a logo to the URL |baseColor| #6e9a04 | Set the base color of the theme |textColor| #FFF | Set the text color of the theme |pageTitle| the title from the swagger.json file | Set the page title shown on browser title bar. |isCoding| true | Show or Hide the coding section in the request |isSearch| true | Show or Hide the Search feature |isTryRequest| true | Show or Hide the "try out" button in the request |pageTags| '' | Represent the meta keywords of the page, Each keyword should be seperated by a comma. Meta Keywords are helpful for the page SEO. |pageDescription| '' | Represent the meta description of page |apiVersions| '' | API Versions, enter in the following format:(Name)[URL](Name)[URL]...Exp:(V1)[https://zamacall.io/docs/v1/](V2)[https://zamacall.io/docs/v2/] |headerMenuItems| '' | Header Menu Items, enter in the following format:(Name)[URL](Name)[URL]...Exp:(Main Website)[https://zamacall.io](Contact Us)[https://zamacall.io/contact/]

Example

{
  "logo": "logo.svg",
  "baseColor": "blue"
} 

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Change log

• Added support for IO Docs source file
• Added support for WADL source file
• Added support for RAML source file
• Added support for Google API Descory source file
• Added support for API Blueprint source file
• Added support for YAML source file
• Added support for OpenAPI (swagger) version 1, 2, & 3.
• Added the search functionality
• Added support for trying the api request
• Added support for code generation for languages like: cURL, Node, Python & JavaScript
• Added an online tool to preview and download through online website
• Added automatic description to the Authentication sections, will replace the empty descriptions.
• Added support for small screens like mobile devices

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